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Hilliard police officers will receive salary increases this year and in 2015 and 2016 under
terms of a three-year contract approved on Monday by the City Council.

Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9 approved the deal on July 7.

The contract is retroactive to Jan. 1. Police officers will receive a 5.5 percent raise this
year and 2.5 percent salary increases in each of the next two years. The contract brings the
average salary for a Hilliard officer to $74,923, according to Finance Director David Delande. The
starting salary for a rookie officer will be $50,456, he said.

The deal also means the city, not the FOP, will have sole discretion over the health-care plans
provided to police. According to the new contract, health, dental and vision benefits will be
provided to police officers under the group insurance and benefit plan that applies to nonunion
city employees.